We left the house at 2:30am, arrived at around 4 and found Parking, 5:30 we were at the Maria Orosa gate and by past 7am we were finally let in! I can't tell you how much the level of my anxiety and stress hiked up. I was just praying the whole time because I was scared of a stampede. I keep chanting to myself : For the love of Pope, for the love of Pope...
I did not even bothered to take pictures, even when this celebrity Jason Abalos braved our crowd because he happened to be a POPE EVENT MARSHALL. Practically everyone whipped out their gadgets and tablets while the five of us got pushed near the gates (to our advantage).
First thing we did when we got in was find a place to camp out and power nap. No choice since people are literally every where so this is the surface we camped on.
We were prepared to get wet so we bought transparent rain coats the night before.
The longest wait I had to make just to pee. We lined up at 10:35am and finally was able to relieve ourselves at 1:35pm. NO KIDDING!
Majority of the plants were...dead.
We saw the Pope passed by on his way to the grandstand! When we finally saw the pope passed by, we tried to make it near the stadium. But people are everywhere! We were at the Maria Orosa gate then when made our way near the stadium when after Pope passed by.
I didn't really know how many of us were there until I saw this: 6 Million Strong!
We weren't even in the aerial shot!
WE LOVE YOU POPE FRANCIS!!!
Thank God I was able to catch it on video even if I only have 11% battery left!
VIVA IL PAPA, PAPA FRANCISCO!!!
Viva il Papa, Papa Francisco! from The Kea Channel on Vimeo.
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